#79a7ac

Color #79a7ac

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Cadet Blue #5f9ea0 · ΔE 7.07 Nearest Tailwind class mist-400 #9ca8ab · ΔE 10.1

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Conversions

HEX

#79a7ac

RGB

rgb(121, 167, 172)

HSL

hsl(185.9, 23.5%, 57.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(185.9, 29.7%, 67.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(29.7%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.5%)

LAB

lab(65.5, -14.11, -7.55)

LCH

lch(65.5, 16, 208.15)

OKLCH

oklch(69.7%, 0.0497, 204.5)

HWB

hwb(185.9, 47.5%, 32.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#ac7e79

Analogous

#79ac98

#79a7ac

#798eac

Triadic

#79a7ac

#ac79a7

#a7ac79

Split-complementary

#79a7ac

#ac798e

#ac9879

Tetradic

#79a7ac

#7e79ac

#ac7e79

#a7ac79

Square

#79a7ac

#9879ac

#ac7e79

#8eac79

Shades

Color #79a7ac mixed toward black.

#5d9197

#4b7479

#38575b

#253a3c

#131d1e

Tints

Color #79a7ac mixed toward white.

#8fb6ba

#a6c4c8

#bcd3d6

#d2e2e3

#e9f0f1

Tones

Color #79a7ac mixed toward gray.

#7da4a8

#82a0a4

#869d9f

#8a999b

#8e9697

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

7.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (7.94:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8f90ab · ΔE 20.9

Deuteranopia

#8d89ab · ΔE 23.9

Tritanopia

#7caaaa · ΔE 2.4

Achromatopsia

#9f9f9f · ΔE 14.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #79a7ac;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#79a7ac]

Related colors

Powder Blue #b0e0e6

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Frequently asked questions

#79a7ac (#79a7ac) is rgb(121, 167, 172) in RGB.

No, #79a7ac is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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